Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

The Gaeltacht Bill was subject to much debate in the House. The debate was guillotined and the legislation will do away with elections; hence, democracy was stifled twice. A revelation is emerging today about a gardener who works in Glenveagh National Park, which is under the auspices of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The man is a member of Guth na Gaeltachta, a non-political community organisation that fights for and promotes the Irish language and which endeavoured to initiate debate locally on the Gaeltacht Bill. In recent days, the gardener received a letter from the Department telling him he faced the possibility of being dismissed as a result of-----